Magazine film-holder.



No. 666,039. Patented Ian. l5, l90l. J. E. THORNTON.

MAGAZINE FILM HOLD-ER.

(Applieltion filed Sept. as, 1898.) (lo Iodal.) 2 Sheets-Shoot l.

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No. 666,039. Patented Jan. n5, l90l.

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MAGAZINE FILM HOLDER.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

(No Model.)

(Lpplitlfiop filed Sept. 26, 1898.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN E. THORNTON, OF ALTRINGHAM, ENGLAND.

MAGAZINE FILM-HOLDER.

SIEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 666,039, dated January 15, 1901.

' Application filed September 26, 1898. Serial No. 691,950. kNo model.) I

To all whom it may concern..-

lie it known that I, JOHN EDWARD THORN- T N, of Altringham, in the county of Chester, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cases for Containing Flat Sensitive Films, of which the following is a specification.

'This invention deals with an improved method of storing and using flat sensitive photographic films.

Hitherto in dealing with flat films in separate sheets it has been necessary (in a dark room or like convenience) to remove the sen sitive films from the case or envelop in which they have been packed and place them in a changing box or holder fitted to the camera or in a camera specially designed and made for the purpose in order to use or expose them, as desired, and when the films thus loaded into the camera have'been used recourse must be had to a dark room or like convenience to remove and recharge.

My invention consists of a sealed packet of flat films comprising a frame or structure on which the flat films are mountedas a pack,

with a'guide-piece, over'which the films can be drawn, and a number of light-tight apertures at the opposite end formed of separate strips, through which 'an opaque backingsheet can be drawn, an opaque envelop or covering to protect the films from light, and a number of flat films, each provided with an opaque backing, packed therein by the manufacturer for sale and storage and so arranged that they can be successively exposed, the

said frame and packet being of a size and shape to'fit direct into a camera or into an adapter or holderwithout removing the films .-.backed therein. manufacture a light-tight cheap packet con- Thus as a new article of taining films is provided by this invention, and such packet may be stored, loaded into and used, and removed from the camera all in daylight and the films retained there until required for development, and the case cannot be conveniently refilled, but will be discarded and useless after the films have been subsequently removed therefrom.

'The invention will be fully described with ret'erence to the accompanying drawings.

li'zgure is a perspective view of the frame which the pack of films is mounted; Fig.

verse section of same, showing the second flexible sheet in another position; Fig. 6, a longitudinal section on line w w, Fig. 2; Fig.

'7, a transverse section of one form of envelop or cover; Fig. 8, a transverse section of another form of envelop or cover; Fig. 9, a transverse section showing another form of same; Fig. 10, a perspective view of another modification; Fig. 11, a transverse section on line w :0, Fig. 10; Fig. 12, a transverse section of same without diaphragm; Fig. 13, a'perspective diagram showing arrangementof llat films and opaque backing in Figs. 10 and 11.

The flat films A are each attached or secured to a sheet or backing B of opaque material, such as black paper, to prevent the light penetrating from one to the next, and the backing Bis formed with an extension piece or tag 1), which projects to provide a means for manipulating the film.

The fiat films'A,with their opaque backingc B, are mounted 'upon'a frame 0, on which they-are held flat and straight in position for exposure. with two flanges 0, one on either side, and a bar or guide-piece D near one end, around which the extension-pieces b and films attached are'snccessively drawn each after exposure from the front to the back. At the other end the flanges c are joined by an end piecec, includedin the construction or which are a number ofsuitably-shaped strips e,

placed side by side and separated fromeach other by distance-pieces, so as to form altogether a number of narrow light-tight openings E, one of such openings being provided for each opaque backing extension or tag I), which may be necessary to complete the packet.

If desired, a diaphragm d, Fig. 4:, may be secured between the guide-pieces D, flanges c and end piece 0'," and one side of such diaphragm may be turned around to form the guidepiece D.

The flanges 0 may be formed in one piece,

The frame 0 is constructed" and in such case they are connected together at the end of the frame remote from the lighttight apertures and beyond and clear of the guide-piece D.

The pack composedof the flat films A and opaque backing when mounted in position on the frame'Ois inclosed in an opaque. envelop or covering, which may fitbetween the flanges c and which may be made of black opaque paper,(several sheets,if necessary,)thin sheet metal, or other suitable material. The envelop or cover, as shown in Fig. 5, comprises a sheet of opaque paper F, (the part protecting the films having two extra sheets attached to it,) passed over the front of the films A, around the guide-piece I), and through one of the light-tight apertures E. Upon the projecting end being pulled the opaque cover is withdrawn from the face of the films. This is only done when the packet is in the camera." The envelop or cover is drawn to the back of the case and the films as they are exposed are drawn around into a like position behind it, so that when all the films have been exposed they are in their new positions still covered and protected from the light by the said opaque envelop.

The'eXtension-pieces b of the backing'shects B are placed behind the stripse, during the constructing of the case, one being laid in position and then the-other.

In the modification in Figs. 5 and 5 the case is made with a top piece-c extending across from the flanges c, and a second flex-ible opaque sheet K is placed behind the pack of films. This is provided at the end with a roll or enlargement 7a. This opaque sheet K is drawn over the gnide-piece D after thelast fiat film has been exposed and drawn over the enlargement [13, closing the pass age around guide-piece I) through which the films ha'i e passed, making it light-tight. I

In the modifications shown in Figs. 7, 8, and 9 the cover or cnvelopis made of thin sheet-tin or other metal. in Fig. '7it is made in. two parts, one,f, at the front and the other, f, at the back of the frame 0, either of which can be removed as required. in Fig. 8 it is made of one piece F, of tin or other metal, which can be withdrawn from the frame 0, and in Fig. 9 it is made of sheet metal or other material in two parts, the back partf of which will be secured to the frame 0,-and the front part F can be withdrawn from the pack when required.

A holder or adaptor G is provided which the camera and into which the sealed packet of films is inserted for use in the camera, or the sealed packet may be made to fit direct into the camera.

In the modifications Figs. 10 to 13 the cover F to inclose the pack of fiat filmsand opaque sheets is stamped or pressed on tof sheet metal, cardboard, or other similar light inexpensive material and of a size and shape to fit direct into the camera. it is divided into two compartnients by the diaphragm d and provided with an exposing-aperture a at the front, through whichlthe films A,placed therein,are, when required, successively exposed. At or near the top of the frame 0 is fitted the bar D, over which the flat films, with their opaque backing B, can be drawn from one compartment to the other after exposure to uncover another film, so thatit is ready for exposure. In the lower edge of the frame C are formed the light-tight apertures E, of corrugated form, through which are inserted the ends or an extension I) of the opaque backing material B. In addition to the apertures E there are toward the front of the case a number of similar apertures E, into which the ends of the fiat films are placed when being packed and by which they are held extended and per fectly fiat until they are drawn away after exposure. An additional opaque sheet. B is placed in front of the films to cover the oxposing-aperture a.

The opaque sheet B may, if found desirable, he thicker than the intermediate opaque sheets B-that is,may consist of several sheets superimposed-to make the pack perfectly light-proof at the'outsidc. 'lhe fiat films are secured at one edge to the opaque sheets B, and each opaque sheet/B extends at the back of the fiat film over the bar D to the withdrawal slit E to provide means for manipulating the fiat film without withdrawing it from the case. A sealed packet of flexible sensitive films so arranged and packed in a cheap packing-casc is thus issued by the m akers, kept stored until required,'and used and changed in the camera in daylight and afterward stored until required for development all without access of light before or after exposure and also without danger of light injuring the films behind during the exposure of the front one.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is-

1. light-tight case to contain a pack of fiat sensitive films, comprising in its construction, a guide-piece D placed at one endaround which the films can be drawn to a fresh position, a number of separate corrugated strips of material 6 placed at the opposite end, of. suitable shape ,and stiffness and held at a suitable distance apart .toform a number of narrow light-tight openings E, a movable envelop to protect the faces of the fiat films and a frame to connect and support these parts, substantially as described.

2. A light-tight case to contain a pack of flat sensitive films comprising in its construction a guide-piece D placed at one end around which the films can be drawn to a fresh position, a number of separate corrugated strips of material 9 placed at the opposite end, of suitable shape and stiffness and, hold at a suitable distance aparlnto form a-numbcr of narrow light-tight open-rugs l a flexible onvelop F of opaque material stretched over IIO the films and backing, substantially as described.

3. In a light-tight case to contain a pack of flat sensitive films the combination with a guide-piece D placed at one end around which the films can be drawn to a fresh position, of a number of separate corrugated strips of material 6 placed at the opposite end, of suitable shape and stiffness and held at a suitable distance apart to form a number of narrow light-tight openings E, and an envelop protecting both front and back of the packet, substantially as described.

4:. In a sealed packet of flat photpgraphic films the combination with the flat sensitive films A and opaque backings B of a frame 0 upon which the films are mounted, the guidepiece I) over which the films and backing are drawn from back ,to front the corrugated ing B are passed and the envelop to protect the films from light, substantially as described.

5. In a sealed packet of photographic films J. E. THORNTON.

Witnesses:

J. OWDEN OBRIEN, J. P. LEA. 

